Accounts

You are at the newest post.Click here
to check if anything new just came in.

August232011

01:06

“I am nothing, and so I am finally free to be myself. ... When I have no image or identity or ego to protect, I can begin to see and accept things as they really are. That is the beginning of positive change.”

January222011

23:38

“Procrastination by reading random articles does not cause you to rest: You do not regain mental energy from it. Success and happiness cause you to regain willpower; what you need to heal your mind from any damage sustained by working is not inactivity, but reliably solvable problems which reliably deliver experienced jolts of positive reinforcement.”

“The fear that often keeps people from public speaking, talking to strangers, interviewing for jobs, etc. is typically driven by fear of embarrassment, humiliation, rejection, criticism, etc – that's ego-fear.

Fear is defeated by confrontation – avoidance only makes it stronger. Seek ego-fear. Hunt it down and soak in it. Steal its energy. This is, by definition, scary. That's good.”

January162010

23:34

“To put yourself forward as someone good enough to do interesting things is, by definition, to expose yourself to all kinds of negative judgments, and as far as I can tell, the fact that other people get to decide what they think of your behavior leaves only two strategies for not suffering from those judgments: not doing anything, or not caring about the reaction.”

November122009

18:32

“People you deal with who take forever to make a decision [are] the worst enemies for entrepreneurs. ... Once you spotted [a non-decision maker], avoid him at any cost. ... On the other hand, everytime you meet anyone who is making even the slightest decisions about your product (like tweeting about it, registering, sending you an email… anything), you have to be very very responsive.”

February082009

05:37

“You can have a fruitful discussion about a topic
only if it doesn't engage the identities of any of the
participants. ...The best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible. ... The more labels you have for yourself, the dumber they make you.”

December172008

20:41

“Set more reasonable goals and recognize that achieving even modest change will be difficult. [...]Remember that your openness to new experiences is slowly declining, so you are better off making a new start today than postponing it until later.”